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Job Summary

We're looking for a full-time, staff Sr. AI Solutions Developer to join our SOC team.

The Sr. AI Developer, GS role will lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-driven solutions that streamline high-effort processes, improve forecasting accuracy, and enhance market and client intelligence. This position is a strategic opportunity to pioneer how advanced analytics, and generative AI can reshape critical workflows in architecture, engineering, and security services

As the Sr. AI Solutions Developer, here's the work you'll do:

• Build and deploy custom generative AI tools for proposal generation, document processing, and engineering automation. Design predictive analytics models for market intelligence, client behavior, and bid strategy optimization.
• Lead the development of financial analysis & forecasting tools to enhance revenue projections and control cost, cash flow modeling, and budgeting accuracy.
• Proactively manage data security risks and maintain safe, explainable, and bias mitigated AI systems. Ensure full compliance with government standards (NIST, DoD, CMMC, FedRAMP) and implement ethical AI governance.
• Support executive leadership with data-powered insights that inform strategic planning and resource allocation.
• Partner with teams across engineering, finance, operations, and business development to turn challenges into AI-driven solutions.

This role is for you if you have these skills:

• Deeply familiar with large language models (LLMs) including OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic Claude, Cohere, Gemini and open-source models like LLaMA or Mistral; capable of fine-tuning, prompt engineering, evaluation, and safety alignment for enterprise and government use cases.
• Experienced in Agentic AI development, including the design and orchestration of multi-step, goal-directed AI agents that interface with APIs, databases, and user workflows.
• You understand frameworks such as LangChain, OpenAgents, AutoGPT, and are equipped to build autonomous or semi-autonomous agents that interact contextually and responsibly.
• Skilled in MLOps practices, including CI/CD, model lifecycle management, and deployment orchestration with tools like MLflow, Airflow, and Kubeflow.
• Experienced with cloud-based AI platforms (e.g., AWS SageMaker, Azure ML, Google Vertex AI) and integrating models within enterprise-grade data ecosystems.
• Adept at secure AI development compliant with CMMC, FedRAMP, NIST and related standards, with a strong awareness of data privacy, model governance, and sensitive information protection.
• Comfortable working with unstructured data, embedding models, vector search engines (e.g. FAISS, Pinecone), and building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline

And if you have these qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathamatics/Statistics
• 5+ years Experience with Python and machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and transformer-based frameworks (e.g., Hugging Face).
• 7+ Years professional experience

In compliance with this state's pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is $114,800 - $186,550. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. (The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements).

We care about our employees and it shows. Our staff receive a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical/Rx, dental and vision coverage; life, AD&D and disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, other paid time off; voluntary benefits and discount programs to meet our employees' individual needs including pet insurance for our furry family members!

To ensure a safe work environment while meeting the physical demands of the job, you must be able to perform the following physical and mental tasks, with or without a reasonable accommodation:

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery.
• Balancing (e.g. maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.)
• Stooping (e.g. bending the spine at the waist)
• Reaching (e.g. reaching the arms or legs in any direction)
• Manual Dexterity (e.g. picking, pinching, typing, or other working that uses fingers)
• Hearing
• Talking
• Capacity to think, concentrate and focus for long periods of time.
• Ability to read complex documents in the English language.
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions.
• Ability to write complex documents in the English language.
• Capacity to express thoughts orally.
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at Company's office or worksite.

Diversity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity

SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Diversity, and Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity: Day & Zimmermann is committed to maintaining an inclusive workforce, where employees are hired, retained, compensated and promoted based on their contributions to our Company. Our collective strength is rooted in over 110 years of diverse employees and businesses, commitment to success, and delivery on promises made. Federal and state Equal Employment Opportunity laws prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship status, veteran status and disability status. Day & Zimmermann is committed to providing an equal opportunity work environment in full compliance with these laws. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation in the application process, please email [email protected].
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